Captive U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl 'recaptured by the Taliban after three days on the run following daring escape'
By Leon Watson
A U.S. soldier held by the Taliban since 2009 has been recaptured after he went on the run for three days.
Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl's daring escape failed when a manhunt was launched in Pakistan to find him, Taliban commanders said.
He is now facing his third Christmas in captivity......
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/12/06/u-s-prisoner-bowe-bergdahl-s-failed-attempt-to-escape-from-taliban.print.html
U.S.
Prisoner Bowe Bergdahl’s Failed Attempt to Escape From Taliban
In exclusive interviews,
Afghan insurgents reveal how Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, imprisoned by the
Taliban in Pakistan since 2009, made a bold bid for freedom—but was
quickly recaptured. ......
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2011 Bits N
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With ?Friends? Like This Who Need
Enemies - The Afghan government of President Hamid Karzai
deliberately sabotaged U.S. efforts to negotiate the release
of POW Bowe Bergdhal. On August 29th the Associated Press
reported the breakdown of negotiations with the Taliban. The following
is excerpted from the AP article by Kathy Gannon and Anne Gearan.
[Begin Excerpt] Direct U.S. talks with the Taliban had
evolved to a substantive negotiation before Afghan officials, nervous
that the secret and independent talks would undercut President Hamid
Karzai, scuttled them…
“Featured prominently in the talks was
the whereabouts and eventual release of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho, who was
captured more than two years ago in eastern Afghanistan,
according to a senior Western diplomat in the region and a childhood
friend of the Taliban negotiator, Tayyab Aga.
The U.S. negotiators asked Aga what could
be done to gain Bergdahl's release. The discussion did not get into
specifics but Aga discussed the release of Afghan prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and in Afghanistan at
Bagram Air Field….
A senior U.S. official acknowledged that the
talks imploded because of the leak and that Aga, while alive, had
disappeared. The U.S. will continue to pursue talks,
the official said. Current and former U.S. officials spoke on condition of
anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the talks….
The talks were deliberately revealed
by someone in the presidential palace, where Karzai's office is located,
said a Western and an Afghan official. The reason was Karzai's animosity
toward the
U.S. and fear that any
agreement Washington brokered would undermine his
authority, they said…. [End Excerpt]
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 518-11
June 16, 2011
Army Promotes Missing-Captured Soldier
The Army announced today the promotion of a
soldier listed as Missing-Captured while supporting Operation Enduring
Freedom to the rank of sergeant effective June 12, 2011.
Sgt. Bowe R. Bergdahl, 25, is assigned to 1st Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th
Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
This is Bergdahl's second promotion since he was listed as
Missing-Captured on June 30, 2009. He was promoted to the rank of
specialist on June 12, 2010.
For more information on the soldier, media may contact Col.
Timothy Marsano at 208-422-5268.
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Father of captured soldier seeks Pakistan's help
By JOHN
MILLER, Associated Press –
Fri May 6, 6:39 pm ET
BOISE, Idaho – The father of the
only U.S. soldier held captive in the Afghan war
appealed to the Pakistani military for help in
freeing his son in a video posted on YouTube on
Friday.
The parents of Spc. Bowe
Bergdahl ......
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(AFP) – 1
hour ago
KABUL — New footage of US soldier Bowe Bergdahl, who
was captured in Afghanistan in June 2009, has appeared in a video on
jihadist web forums, the SITE monitoring group said on Wednesday.
The brief shot of Bergdahl shows him clean-shaven,
looking lean and anxious, ......
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Now is the time to contact your
senator and congressman in the help to release Bowe
Bergdahl. I fear with the news of Ben Laden that
action may be taken against this soldier, our
thoughts and prayers go to him and for You to
contact our representatives now is even more
important. While talking to your congressman tell
them to co-sponsor H. Res. 111 and lets get our
POW'S left behind home also. Lets keep the
pressure to do something on our representatives and
senators as they have the power and means to make
this happen.
VietNow National POW/MIA Chair.
From:
JOHN BATES
To:
undisclosed-recipients:
Sent:
Friday, April 29, 2011 11:13 AM
Subject:
POW Bowe Bergdahl
If you
received email from Danny (Greasy) Belcher you may have read the
efforts to pressure our congressmen and women along with
senators to act to get Bowe Bergdahl released. Greasy in one
email mentioned that when contacting your senators offices they
don't know what we are talking about when mentioning Bowes
situation or do they know how to spell his name. I have
contacted Richard Durbin and Mark Kirk my senators about Bowe
Bergdahl and Greasy is correct they have no clue what and who I
was talking about. I have also written the senators to remind
them of my telephone call and to show them I was serious about
their help.
Your help
is needed to contact YOUR senators and congressional house
member and ask them to support getting Bowe Bergdahl released
from the Taliban. Our government does bargain for release when
it comes to spy's and other political figures, but they haven't
done the same for POW'S. This soldier needs the same efforts by
the government to secure his release as political members do, in
fact his efforts to release him should come first, he did his
duty to support and defend this country now it is the
governments duty to get him back. So Please call then write
your government representative.
Danny, I hope you saw my
email on Bowe Bergdahl from VietNow to all my contacts, well
I have received many replies so far today about all the
calls that are going on to the senators who know nothing.
One of the VietNow chapter POW chairman's emailed that he
would like to make a banner about Bergdahl to have in the
Memorial Day parade. Sounds good to me and you can be sure
for a fact that my emails plus the others get around to all
different veterans groups and together we can make some
progress on this matter.
From:
Danny "Greasy" Belcher [mailto:tfogreasy@windstream.net]
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 10:14 AM
To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;
Subject: Reply to A Message (form
letter) from Congressman Ben Chandler
Danny "Greasy" Belcher, Executive Director
Executive Director, Task Force Omega of KY
Inc.
Vietnam Infantry Sgt. 68-69
"D" Troop 7th Sqdn. 1st Air Cav.
If you get a FORM letter like this letter below,
from your U.S. representative or senators, scare
the pants off them. Yes, write a letter back to
them and staple a copy of their letter to your
response. An example is below.
Dear Representative ( their last name),
I have attached a copy of your form letter I
received after I asked for you to ask that our
government trade Taliban prisoners or do
whatever it takes to bring Afghanistan POW Bowe
Bergdahl home alive. Please do not insult me by
saying our governments does not negotiate with
terrorists. Our history shows that we do if the
person we are negotiating for is valuable
enough. Also, please do not say that our
government is doing all they can to secure his
release. This has been said in the past and we
got a dead body later on There is very little
effort to bring POW Bowe Bergdahl home or he
would be back in Hailey, Idaho by now. The
Taliban have him and have said they will trade.
If he was the president's child or someone you
loved I know that he would be home. He is just
a soldier. I and fellow Americans expect that
he have as much value placed on his life as
anyone else.
Please respond to my first question and move to
do all you can do to bring him home. The
Taliban have already said what it will take. It
is time for action and not more promises or
empty words.
Will you ask the president and congress to move
to bring him home alive?
I look forward to your reply.
----- Original Message -----
So I send an email
to Chandler about getting POW Bergdahl
freed and I get this answer back!! Did
someone NOT read what I had written??/?
From: Congressman Ben Chandler <ky06ima@mail.house.gov>
Subject: A Message from Congressman Ben
Chandler
To:
garthsgarden@yahoo.com
Date: Friday, April 29, 2011, 1:33 PM
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April 29, 2011
Dear Mr. Vinson:
Thank you for contacting
me about gun rights. My
job is to serve the
people of Central
Kentucky, so hearing
your thoughts and
concerns is extremely
important to me. I
appreciate that you took
the time to share them.
While I appreciate and
understand the
differences of opinion
on this often emotional
issue, I have always
been—and will continue
to be—a strong supporter
of the Second Amendment
right to keep and bear
arms. I will oppose any
bill that infringes upon
that right, and you may
be assured that I will
stand up for gun owners'
rights during my time in
Congress.
Again, I value your
input on Second
Amendment rights. Please
continue to keep in
contact with me, and
feel free to use my
online office at
http://chandler.house.gov
and to sign up for my
e-newsletter at
http://chandler.house.gov/enews.html
to stay up-to-date on
issues affecting Central
Kentucky in the 112th
Congress.
Sincerely,
Ben
Chandler
Member
of Congress |
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghanistan
Taliban video
shows US soldier held in Afghanistan
12/08/2010
By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Deb Riechmann, Associated Press – 59
mins ago
KABUL, Afghanistan – A new video released by the Taliban shows Spc. Bowe
Bergdahl, the only known U.S. serviceman held captive in Afghanistan,
with bags under his eyes and what appears to be an abrasion on his left
cheek...... ======================================
http://www.localnews8.com/news/26072526/detail.html
LocalNews8.com
POW-MIA In Pocatello
Reacts To New Bowe Bergdahl Video
Bergdahl Has Been Held
By The Taliban Since June 30, 2009
By
Genevieve Judge, Local News 8 Pocatello Bureau Chief
POSTED: 9:37 pm MST December 8, 2010
UPDATED: 11:20 pm MST December 8, 2010
POCATELLO, Idaho -- The parents of a prisoner of war and soldier
from Idaho aren't talking about their son Bowe Bergdahl but they've
confirmed the man in a new video released by the Taliban is their son.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1336732/Bowe-Bergdahl-Alive-Video-emerges-US-soldier-held-Taliban-18-months.html
Alive! Fresh video
emerges of U.S. soldier held by the Taliban for 18 months (but has he
been beaten?)
By
Rob Cooper
Last updated at 6:53 PM on 8th December 2010
Bowe Bergdahl appears without beard despite captors' claim he has
converted to Islam......
Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1336732/Bowe-Bergdahl-Alive-Video-emerges-US-soldier-held-Taliban-18-months.html#ixzz17ksj9HE0
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Leaked Documents Provide
Details of Bergdahl Capture – On July 28th, the
Associated Press reported:
[Begin Article] “Leaked military documents on the war in Afghanistan appear to provide details of the U.S.
Army's search for an Idaho soldier captured last year by the
Taliban. Bowe Bergdahl, from Hailey, has been a captive since June 30,
2009.
Documents posted on whistleblower group WikiLeaks' website include
intercepted radio transmissions after Bergdahl went missing from his
base in southern Afghanistan — as well as details about talks two days
later with village elders about a possible prisoner swap.
In the
documents, Afghan tribal leaders assured U.S. officials that Bergdahl was
alive and unharmed. Col. Tim Marsano, an Idaho National Guard
spokesman, declined to comment on still-classified military documents.
Marsano has alerted Bergdahl's family in Idaho about media reports about the leaked
documents.” [End Article]
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For The Record – We oppose
the leaking of documents during ongoing military operations that could
endanger American service members. However, we welcome any leaks, or
release of documentation involving POW and MIA records over 25 years
old. There is absolutely no reason information 25 years or older
should remain classified.
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http://www.stripes.com/blogs/stripes-central/stripes-central-1.8040/one-year-later-still-no-answers-on-missing-soldier-1.109309
One year later, still no answers on missing soldier
By
Leo Shane III
Published: June 30, 2010
This video frame grab from the Taliban propaganda video released Dec.
25, 2009 purportedly shows Spc. Bowe Bergdahl.
Associated Press
ISAF officials today marked the one-year anniversary of the
disappearance of Spc. Bowe Bergdahl, declared missing after he didn't
show up for a unit roll call last summer. By mid-July commanders knew
where he was; a Taliban propaganda video showed the young soldier in
their captivity......
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4254274
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/08/bowe-bergdahl-taliban-vid_n_529973.html
Bowe Bergdahl Video Released By Taliban: Captured US Soldier Pleads To
Be Returned Home
First Posted: 04- 8-10 09:44 AM | Updated: 04- 8-10 11:09 AM
(AP) WASHINGTON - The Taliban released a video Wednesday of a man
identified as an American soldier captured in Afghanistan last June,
showing him pleading for his freedom and to be returned home......
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http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/captured-us-soldier-bring-home/story?id=10314693&nwltr=blotter_featureMore
Captured US Soldier: 'Bring Me
Home!'
New Taliban Video Shows Pfc.
Bowe Bergdahl, Captured Nine Months Ago
By MATTHEW COLE and JIM
VOJTECH
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Taliban releases video of
captured
US
soldier
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and
PAULINE JELINEK (AP)
WASHINGTON — The Taliban have
released a video of a man identified as an American soldier captured
in Afghanistan last June, showing him pleading for his release and
return home.
In the video, Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl says he wants to go home and says
the war in Afghanistan is not worth the number
of lives that have been lost or wasted in prison......
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Militants threaten to
execute
U.S.
soldier
By Sandra Jontz, Stars
and Stripes
European edition,
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Militants in
Afghanistan
have threatened to execute the American soldier they’ve held since June
if the
United States
does not release the Pakistani scientist convicted this week of attempted
murder, according to Arab news outlets.
The Afghan Taliban
threatened to execute Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl if the
U.S.
does not release Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman convicted Wednesday by
a
New York
federal jury of two counts of attempted murder against
U.S.
soldiers in......
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(AP)
The Taliban released a video Friday showing a U.S. soldier who was
captured more than five months ago in eastern Afghanistan.
Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl is the only known American serviceman in captivity.
The U.S. airborne infantryman was taken by the Afghan Taliban in Paktika
province on June 30.......
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Terror
Monitor: Tape of Captured
US
Soldier Due
Terrorism tracking group: Taliban to release new video of
US
soldier captured in
Afghanistan
By
DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press Writer
KABUL
December 16, 2009 (AP)
The Taliban have announced they will release a new video of a
U.S.
soldier captured in
Afghanistan
, a U.S.-based terrorism monitoring group said Wednesday.
SITE Intelligence Group, a U.S.-based terrorist tracking organization,
said the media arm of the Afghan Taliban made the announcement Wednesday
on their Web site.
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http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/52804857.html
Town
Shows Support For Soldier
By Brittany Cooper
Story Published: Aug 9, 2009 at 12:11 AM CDT
Story Updated: Aug 9, 2009 at
12:15 AM CDT
Since word got out that private first class Bowe
Bergdahl was captured by the Taliban - the number of people
supporting him and his family grew tremendously.
And today Bowe's family saw that support firsthand in Hailey......
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ABC News Blotter Alerts Mon., July 20, 2009
Now on the Blotter
July
20, 2009
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Exclusive: Missing U.S. Soldier May Be in
Pakistan
Pfc.
Bowe Bergdahl Kidnapped by Taliban in Afghanistan
The U.S. soldier kidnapped by Taliban forces in Afghanistan may
have been taken across the border to Pakistan, complicating
efforts to obtain his release, according to two people involved in
U.S. and Afghan military efforts to locate him, and three Afghan
soldiers captured with him.
The soldier, Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl, 23, of Idaho, is the first
serviceman captured .....
Click
here to read the full story.
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 526-09
July 19, 2009
DoD Identifies Operation Enduring Freedom Soldier
The Department of Defense announced today the identity of
a soldier listed as Missing-Captured on July 3 while supporting Operation
Enduring Freedom.
Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl, 23, of Ketchum, Idaho, was declared
Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown (DUSTWUN) on July 1 and his status was
changed to "Missing-Captured" on July 3.
Pfc. Bergdahl is a member of 1st Battalion, 501st
Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry
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AP sources: Taliban video shows captive US soldier
AP – This video frame grab taken from a Taliban propaganda video
released Saturday, July 18, 2009 shows an …
By PAMELA HESS and LOLITA BALDOR, Associated Press Writers
Pamela Hess And Lolita Baldor, Associated Press Writers – 43 mins ago
WASHINGTON – The American soldier who went missing June 30 from his base
in eastern Afghanistan and was later confirmed to have been captured,
appeared on a video posted Saturday to a Web site by the Taliban, two U.S.
defense officials said.......
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Associated Press writers Robert H. Reid in Kabul and Christine Simmons in
Washington contributed to this report.
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U.S.
: American Soldier
Captured in
Afghanistan
By
Rajiv
Chandrasekaran and Debbi Wilgoren
Washington
Post Staff Writers
Thursday, July 2, 2009; 7:22 AM
CAMP LEATHERNECK
, Afghanistan,
July 2 -- A U.S. soldier missing from his base in eastern
Afghanistan
since Tuesday is believed to have been captured by Taliban militants, the
military said Thursday.
In
a statement issued from
U.S.
military headquarters in
Kabul
, officials said "we are exhausting all available resources to
ascertain his whereabouts and provide for his safe return." .....
Wilgoren
reported from Washington
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Report:
Missing
U.S.
soldier sold to clan
KABUL
,
Afghanistan
, July 2 (UPI) -- A missing
U.S.
soldier
thought to have been captured in southeastern
Afghanistan
has been sold to a militant clan, a
U.S.
military official said Thursday.
The
unidentified senior military official told CNN the soldier, whose name was
not released, was captured along with three Afghan soldiers and then sold
to a militant group led by warlord Siraj Haqqani. ...... |
